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, released on April 9, 2021.

Background

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's " Gimme Some Truth", was released on November 29, 2019. The album was completed by 2020 but its release was further delayed due to the

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. On January 28, 2021, a third single, "Light Up the Fire", was released alongside an announcement of the album's title, tracklist, and the April 9 release date. Later, on March 11, 2021, a fourth single called "Boys & Girls & Rock N Roll" was released. Later, the song was played live on ''

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'' on the album's release date.

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel as listed in the album's

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are: Cheap Trick *

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– lead vocals, guitar *

Rick Nielsen Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including hi ...

– guitar *

Tom Petersson Thomas John Peterson (born May 9, 1950), better known as Tom Petersson, is an American musician who is best known as the bass guitar player for the rock band Cheap Trick. Career Before joining Cheap Trick, Petersson played in a number of bands ...

– bass * Daxx Nielsen – drums Additional musicians * Tim Lauer, Bennett Salvay – keyboards *

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– harmonica * Steve Jones – additional guitar (track 13) * Robin Taylor Zander – additional guitars, vocals Production * Julian Raymond, Cheap Trick – producers *

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– mixing * Howard Willing, Julian King, Mark Dobson, Bryan Cook, Jim "Pinky" Beeman – engineers * Lars Fox – Pro Tools engineer *

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– mastering Other * Cheap Trick, Dale Voelker – art direction, design * Jeff Daly, Lou Brutus – photography

Charts

References

{{Cheap Trick 2021 albums Cheap Trick albums BMG Rights Management albums Albums produced by Julian Raymond Albums postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic